Author name: Ashwini Vaidialingam

The topical highlight of the week is Divij’s post breaking news on recent developments in the ongoing feud between artists and copyright societies. The Enforcement Directorate has raided five major music companies in connection with their alleged misappropriation of artists’ royalties. As Divij notes, this is possible the first time a criminal complaint has been registered (under the PMLA) against IPRS in this dispute. The accompanying penal consequences may be a turning point in this battle. The thematic highlight of […]

This week’s topical highlight was Rajiv’s post on Quickcompany, an exciting new venture in the IP field. Quickcompany has collated all trade mark related data in India, and offers users the ability to undertake a variety of TM-related searches. It has also generated a report tracking trends in filings and registrations, and right holder preferences between 2008 and 2017 (till the month of July). Rajiv, in his post, has included said results, which make for very interesting reading. The thematic highlight for

This week’s thematic highlight was Prof. Basheer’s and Pankhuri’s fantastic two-part post on open access at the Indian Patent Office, dealing specifically with the difficulty of accessing, and poor intelligibility of, the documents uploaded on the IPO website. In Part I, they demonstrated this with the help of the three compulsory licensing orders that have been passed by the IPO. Thereafter, in Part II, they concluded their analysis and advanced specific suggestions to improve transparency at the IPO and make patent data